Avondale Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northwest Toronto: Avondale and the 30 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Close to four in five homes in Avondale sit in a building of five storeys or more, and that single share decides most of what a moving day here looks like. The job starts at a lobby rather than a driveway, the elevator and the loading bay are the two things worth arranging first, and the crew is carrying to a service lift instead of up an outside staircase.
The rest of the panel points the same way. Two homes in five hold a single person, households are small, and the majority are owned rather than rented, which in a neighbourhood of towers means condominium ownership, so dates here follow closings about as often as they follow lease ends. The figures directly below come from the ring of northwest Toronto communities Avondale sits inside.
Moving costs around Avondale, by the numbers
Avondale's figures are borrowed from its neighbours, and the set is 30 northwest Toronto communities holding 88 completed residential moves. York University Heights, Bayview Village, Yorkdale-Glen Park and Willowdale West account for most of them. The middle job ran 3.5 hours on site and billed $755 with tax in, with the middle half from $537 to $1,258. 65% were graded small and 30% medium. Eighty-eight jobs spread across 30 communities is a modest record, so treat it as a range rather than a quote for this address.
- The comparison set
- 30 neighbourhoods · 88 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.5 median
- How big those moves are
- 65% small · 30% medium · 6% large
- Busiest months
- August, February and July
- What those moves cost
- $755 median
communities in northwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.81 hours · 88 moves
August 10, February 10, July 10
half fell between $537 and $1,258 · based on 88 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Avondale?
$755 is the middle bill across the 88 residential moves recorded in the northwest Toronto communities around Avondale, tax included, with half of them between $537 and $1,258. Nothing in that figure is measured inside Avondale itself. Cactus prices a local move by the hour, on a rate set by the number of movers and the size of the truck, and the agreement carries it before the day starts.
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Why does the lift decide the length of an Avondale move?
Because 78% of the homes here sit in a building of five storeys or more, and in a tower the lift is the bottleneck rather than the furniture. A booked window and a clear loading spot keep a day near the 3.5-hour middle of the nearby record. Waiting on a shared lift is what pushes it out toward the 5.81 hours that a quarter of those jobs passed.
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Is a move in Avondale usually a small one?
More often than not. 65% of the 88 nearby jobs were graded small and 30% medium, and the housing points the same way: two people per household at the middle, 40% of homes occupied by one person, and only 7% single-detached. That is a one- or two-bedroom load far more often than a full house, which is why the hours matter more here than the truck size does.
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Does newer housing make an Avondale move easier?
It helps. The homes here were mostly built between 2006 and 2010, which usually means a proper service lift, a loading area off the street, and doors wide enough that a sofa goes through flat. None of that changes the rate, which is hourly either way, but it does keep a day nearer the shorter end of the 3 to 5.81 hours the middle half of the nearby record covers.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Avondale?
Toronto has no page that answers it for a moving truck. The street occupation permit names moving containers only, so the curb question is unsettled in writing, and 311 is where to ask about your address. In a neighbourhood this heavily towered the more useful call is usually to the building, since the lift booking and the loading bay decide more of the day than the street does.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Avondale neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two figures on this panel change the logistics rather than the price. The first is the share of homes in a building of five storeys or more: those moves turn on the elevator reservation and the loading-bay slot, and a building normally wants both settled days ahead rather than on the morning itself. The second is how many households here are a single person, which keeps the typical load small enough for two movers and a shorter truck. Neither figure changes the rate; both change how the hours are spent.
Most homes in Avondale were built 2006 to 2010
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 13,790
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 6,995
- What people live in
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- 78% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 9% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 7% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 78% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 58% owned
- 42% rented
- One-person households
- 40%
People per household
2.0
2021 federal census, 25% sample
2021 federal census, 25% sample
Toronto publishes no page that covers a moving truck at the curb, and its Street Occupation Permit names moving containers only. Confirm with 311 whether your street needs a permit.
Not sure what the City wants on your street before a truck parks on it? We move in Avondale every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto team
Figures come from Cactus’s own completed residential moves (business and high-frequency accounts excluded) and from official municipal open data; they are medians and quartiles, never averages, every published figure rests on at least five moves, percentages are rounded, and all-time counts are floors because some older pickup and drop-off addresses were never geocoded.
Real Customers. Real Movers. Real Reviews.
Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Avondale’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
10/10 recommendations for anyone who want to budget friendly movers to move their stuff around. Aleksei and Nikita, were not only professional but they also made sure, all my furnitures and belongings are neatly packed and ensured smooth moving. Thank you, I appreciate your help.
5 out of 5
I am very satisfied with the customer service — from the booking process all the way to the move itself. The guys helped relocate my online store from my home to a new warehouse. Thank you once again for the move and the coffee!
5 out of 5
Had a great experience with Cactus Moving! Fast, efficient, came early, brought me a coffee!! Overall a great experience. I would recommend them to anyone planning a move in the GTA.
5 out of 5
Thank you so much joshua and nikita! Very professional! On time! Took the stress from moving away and made the day as smooth as possible!
5 out of 5
Josh and Niko were great. Very friendly, professional and efficient. They eased our worries throughout the move, updated us frequently throughout the process and told us to just 'sit back and relax'. Probably the best moving experience I've had.
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Reading one that sounds like your move? Our Toronto coordinators will walk through the whole day with you before anything is booked: call the Toronto office
Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- York University Heights 13 moves
- Bayview Village 10 moves
- Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 moves
- Willowdale West 8 moves
- Yonge-Doris 7 moves
- Bedford Park-Nortown 6 moves
- Bathurst Manor
- Black Creek
- Clanton Park
- Downsview
- East Willowdale
- Elms-Old Rexdale
- Englemount-Lawrence
- Glenfield-Jane Heights
- Humber Summit
- Humbermede
- Lansing-Westgate
- Lawrence Park North
- Lawrence Park South
- Maple Leaf
- Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown
- Newtonbrook East
- Newtonbrook West
- Oakdale-Beverley Heights
- Pelmo Park-Humberlea
- Rexdale-Kipling
- Rustic
- Thistletown-Beaumond Heights
- Westminster-Branson
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